Test Automation Contracts in Leicestershire

Automated Testing
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 24 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +3
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 11 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 6.88% 6.32% 4.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.02% 6.88% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 11
10th Percentile £348 - £289
25th Percentile £363 £313 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £380 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £517 £406 £444
90th Percentile £538 £438 -
East Midlands median daily rate £419 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +11.73% -6.25% +5.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 122 160 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 76.25% 91.95% 84.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 136 185
10th Percentile £195 £250 £172
25th Percentile £258 £325 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +16.79%
75th Percentile £550 £450 £475
90th Percentile £633 £555 £550
East Midlands median daily rate £417 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -7.33% +2.27% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 9
10th Percentile £13.55 £14.08 £14.64
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £20.60 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% -12.34% +46.88%
75th Percentile £25.50 £41.88 £45.00
90th Percentile £27.45 £63.50 £46.67
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.00 £18.56 £18.00
% change year-on-year -8.39% +3.10% +21.58%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Leicestershire

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Leicestershire.

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Leicestershire

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Leicestershire

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Leicestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Leicestershire

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester +9 11 £419 +0.96% 5
Test Automation
East Midlands

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JMeter
2 2 (18.18%) JIRA
3 1 (9.09%) Cypress.io
3 1 (9.09%) SoapUI
3 1 (9.09%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (27.27%) Games
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Test Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Performance Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Performance Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Functional Tester
3 1 (9.09%) React Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Automation Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Test Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) React
2 1 (9.09%) Next.js
2 1 (9.09%) SOAP
2 1 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
1 6 (54.55%) DevOps
1 6 (54.55%) Software Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Test Scripting
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Data Design
3 3 (27.27%) Pair Programming
3 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Scrum
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Debt
3 3 (27.27%) Web Development
4 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Traceability Matrix
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
5 1 (9.09%) Biometrics
5 1 (9.09%) Front End Development
5 1 (9.09%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (9.09%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C#
1 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
2 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (27.27%) ISEB
2 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA